What strange chess rules can you think up?

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ilikecapablanca

No eating yoghurt; it might have secret messages from your fans.

winerkleiner

No I can't, you promised not to mention my chess inability. Frown

HessianWarrior
winerkleiner wrote:

No I can't, you promised not to mention my chess inability.

I have already have mentioned all your other inabilities so I thought I would drag that out too.

winerkleiner

Hess is my hero!

HessianWarrior
winerkleiner wrote:

Hess is my hero!

I'll fix that; "Kick their Butts Broncos!"

winerkleiner

Wait a second, no it's Go Hawks!  They win dominate!!

ngn11

Another rule -demote your officers to pawn if they are misbehaving!

Ubik42

No clocks. When it is your turn to move you have to hold your breath, and you can't release until you move.

Ubik42

No-adjust chess. If a piece is not sitting on the square exactly the way you want, too bad.

Ubik42

Tuesday Knight Madness Chess. If its Tuesday night, all your Knights have to face the "wrong" way. Backwards. Complaining that this caused you to lose is allowed, but strongly discouraged.

Ubik42

Ruksak chess. The first person to sack his rook for an opponents minor piece wins.

Ubik42

King b5 chess. The first player to play his King to b5 wins.

Ubik42

Lasker chess. You have to dress up like your favorite historical chess player. Whoever chooses Emmanual Lasker wins.

winerkleiner

Every piece you capture you must balance it on your head, if you drop any you lose.

TheMushroomDealer

@wiener: finally the Halloween gambit is completely sound!

Meadmaker
Ubik42 wrote:

No clocks. When it is your turn to move you have to hold your breath, and you can't release until you move.

Been done:

 

http://www.msoworld.com/2013/07/diving-chess/

winerkleiner
Arkhimeedes wrote:

@wiener: finally the Halloween gambit is completely sound!

I'm not much of a chess player so I don't know what that means, sorry, lol.

oldelysian

Blindfold chess boxing .. you have to play the game while you are in the ring by calling out the moves while you are boxing  ..   Win by knockout or Checkmate whichever comes first  .. Tie if you can call out a mate before you hit the ground...

A variant of this is if both players really are blindfolded...

winerkleiner

Lol!

motherinlaw
Ubik42 wrote:

Tuesday Knight Madness Chess. If its Tuesday night, all your Knights have to face the "wrong" way. Backwards. Complaining that this caused you to lose is allowed, but strongly discouraged.

I Love it that even though "complaining" about the knights is not Actually against the rules, it should be considered "poor form."  

"Sorry, old chap, but I'm rather afraid I feel obliged to tell you that I found that last remark to be not only ill-considered, but, if I may say so, quite unworthy of a true gentleman."

That'll get 'em. :-)